Selma Will Open Palm Springs Film Festival

The 26th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (Psiff) will launch on Friday, January 2 with the opening night screening of the Golden Globe nominated “Selma,” directed by Ava Duvernay and starring David Oyelowo as Martin Luther King, Jr. Paramount has been quietly building a late awards season surge for the already revered biopic opening in select cities on December 25 ahead of a national rollout in January. Read More: David Oyelowo on How Late-Breaking “Selma” Found Its Time The Festival will wrap on Sunday, January 11 with the Us premiere of “Boychoir,” directed by François Girard. New this year, the festival will focus on 20 films from Eastern Europe in a program titled Eastern Promises. The film is about a troubled 12-year-old from a disadvantaged background who gets accepted at an elite music school, The National Boychoir Academy. The film stars Dustin Hoffman, Garrett Wareing, Kathy Bates, Eddie Izzard, Kevin McHale, Josh…